How has Guns N' Roses influenced music?

Answer 1

They gave an edge of attitude never before seen and started a trend of sweaty, dirty Rock N Roll that was almost lost. No one has suceeded and copying them so far. They got ME playing guitar.

Guns N' Roses rocked the entire music industry in the early 90's with a gritty brand of hard rock that seemed to impact listeners like no other mainstream bands of the day- and not since the likes of The Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, and of course, Led Zeppelin. Slash was quoted in the late 80's as saying, "we were the right band in the right place at the right time". This could not be more true as the mid 1980's were awash with the all-new glam metal or hair metal genre. Guns N' Roses sprang from this moshpit of glam without the look or glitz associated with hard rock at the time. The band successfully opened a door closed to young rock fans by the early 80's new wave heavy synth bubble-gum typhoon with their "real" hard rock sound. In the span of 8 fast years they transcended the music industry and headlined the world's largest venues before breaking up. The rest is history. The everlasting vibes left on the music industry by Guns N' Roses made way for today's bands by solidifying success with sounds like the heavy duty drumbeat (Adler, Sorum) , blues styled metal guitar (Slash), creative, Ramones tinted rhythm guitar (Izzy), and punk influenced bass guitar (Duff), and of course, a wildly talented, falsetto strong, and paranoid bipolar lead singer (Axl). These significant playing styles came together like never before (and never again) in Guns N' Roses. This band was the last of the great and big rock bands. The end of Guns N' Roses came with the wave of new grunge acts and a paradigm shift in the business... and they got HIM playing guitar. Not bad.

Answer 2

everyone who likes rock